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MARK ANDERSON
5331 NE 36th Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97211
(503) 287-9153
andersonenterprises@hotmail.com
www.andersonenterprises.us
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PROFILE
Versatile, seasoned writer/editor with strong website design and management
skills. Team player with artistic ability, computer savvy and close attention
to detail and deadline. Able to generate ideas, think quickly, work under
pressure, take criticism, manage, teach and learn.
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EXPERIENCE
U.S. Correspondent
I 2005-present
Windpower Monthly I London
Cover all political, industrial, environmental, technical and developmental
aspects of the U.S. sector of the wind industry for the world's leading
wind power magazine. Extensive reporting,
features, interviews. More than 350 stories, 170,000 words. Copy
editing and proofreading.
Owner I 1981-present
Anderson Enterprises I Portland, Minneapolis, New York
Freelance writing, editing, website
design, proofreading, photography, graphics. The
Oregonian, Rejuvenation, Portland
Adult Baseball, Bumper Car Advertising, nwcurrent.com, Insitu, Sockeye
Creative, Twin Cities Reader, City Pages, Minneapolis Star Tribune, St.
Paul Pioneer Press, Musician, KARE-TV, HBO, SMART.
Editor
& Publisher I 2000-2006
NW Drizzle I Portland
Founded nwdrizzle.com,
a monthly arts and culture e-magazine. Site designer and manager responsible
for layout and content. More than 60 essays as monthly columnist.
Associate
Editor I 2004-2006
Tidepool I Portland
Responsible for updates of Tidepool.org
(now daily.sightline.org), a Pacific Northwest online news service providing
links and rankings for environment-related stories from more than 60 local,
regional, national and international sources.
Editor I 2002-2004
Oregon State Legislature I Salem, Ore.
Edited, fact-checked and
proofread legislative bills, resolutions and amendments for the State of Oregon's
Office of the Legislative Counsel. Learned specific language, processes, form
and style. Extensive library, Internet and database research. Editor
I 1996-2000
PacifiCorp I Portland
Published nearly 200 editions of online employee newsletter, PacifiCorp
Today, including design, layout, production, news and feature writing,
headlines, photography and editing in HTML, Dreamweaver, PageMill, FrontPage,
PageMaker, Photoshop and Word for PC and Mac. Brochures and newsletters,
research, voice work. Corporate website redesign group.
Freelance
Sportswriter I 1981-88 and 1993-96
The Associated Press I Minneapolis
Filed hundreds of deadline stories, including event coverage, byline features
and locker room interviews. Major League Baseball, NFL, NHL, NBA, PGA, LPGA, pro
tennis, Big Ten football, hockey and basketball, NCAA basketball tournament, prep
state tourneys, more. Passed AP full-time employment exams, New York, 1988. Media
Coordinator I 1994-96
City of Minneapolis / Community Crime Prevention
I Minneapolis
Responsible for award-winning National Night Out
crime prevention event. lncreased participation from less than 30,000 to 40,000-plus
and raised more than $100,000 in corporate funds and services. Also responsible
for media and community relations, press releases, promotions, brochures, booklets,
copywriting, editing, photography, voice-overs, special events, media facilitation
and more. Assistant
Manager of Communications I 1988-93
PR Newswire I New York
Halved responsibility for global computer operations and support of business news
service linking 15,000 corporate sources with thousands of media outlets, databases
and stock exchanges worldwide. Assisted 20 domestic bureaus linked through New
York. Created operations manual, trained employees. Editing. Broadcast
Operations Manager I 1981-88
Padilla Speer Beardsley / Sports Score
Central I Minneapolis
Shared responsibility for sports information wire
service feeding Midwest media outlets.
Co-designed system to compile extensive
individual player statistics for Minneapolis Star Tribune. Developed, produced,
hosted, sold and marketed statewide radio score program. Media
Coordinator I 1983-84
Midwest Triathlon I Austin, Minn.
Co-developed
and implemented marketing strategy for start-up 140.6-mile swim, bike and run
event. Media liaison. Disc
Jockey I 1978-81
KVSC-FM I St. Cloud, Minn.
Programmed and hosted four-hour weekly jazz show at St. Cloud State University.
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HTML course work, Mt. Hood Community College (2000)
Work toward
video certificate, New York University (1992-93)
B.A., Journalism,
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minn. (1981)
B.S., Business,
St. Cloud State University (1981)
PROGRAMS
Dreamweaver, Photoshop, PageMaker, Flash,
Acrobat and Word; PC and Mac.
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